Mine finished year 2 recently and we gave out no cards. She received half a dozen but most kids didn't hand out any. Some only gave a handful of cards to close friends. But these kids are 7/8/9 years old now.

I didn't even know it was the done thing these days... I only ever gave out a handful of cards to my closest friends at school (usually with a candy cane, like a PP said!). At dancing it was a bit of a "thing" where we all gave cards to everyone, but that was only for a few years when we were teenagers, and I think most of us did it because it's embarrassing to get a card from someone and not have one to give to them! Lol.

I personally won't be encouraging my kids to give cards to everyone. It's a waste of paper/card/whatever and at least 50% of the time holds no real meaning. I would prefer them to just quietly give a special card to their closest friends, and not in front of others where possible.

Then again, I've slowly come to find Christmas cards pretty tacky and pointless (unless handmade with obvious effort), so I guess I just don't understand why anyone would want to give them anyway.

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